Comments on: CBS Pays For Lack Of Faith In UF And UT

By: SportsAnimal993

SportsAnimal993 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:37:42 +0000

I hope the fourth quarter has as little interest for Florida fans as it may for Arkansas fans. But as you wrote, anything can happen. GBO! @SportsAnimal993

By: JamieThornton

JamieThornton — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:58:50 +0000

@John at MrSEC @Fayettechill14 Sylvia Brown, my bad.

By: JamieThornton

JamieThornton — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:57:25 +0000

@John at MrSEC @Fayettechill14 If CBS and any other network had the ability to be Synthia Browne and know what each score would be, they would schedule the schools that had the best records each week. That’s like saying after you have the winning lottery numbers, I would’ve gone back and picked those numbers. This might be the dumbest article ever. We can say what if’s until we’re all blue in the face. THat’s why they play the game on the field. Ask Alabama about Louisiana Monroe from 4 years ago. I think they had a similar experience.

By: Fayettechill14

Fayettechill14 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:52:33 +0000

@John at MrSEC Good point.

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:47:16 +0000

@Fayettechill14

Both teams may wind up 5-7, but that won’t have anything to do with Saturday’s TV ratings. The point was this: On paper, Florida/Tennessee now looks to be a better game than Alabama/Arkansas. Especially if Tyler Wilson doesn’t play. That’s it. Nothing more to it. That was the point.

On paper, Arkansas should have crushed Jacksonville State and La-Monroe. So “on paper” doesn’t mean much. But I betcha if CBS knew in July what they know now, UF/UT would be in the 3:30pm ET slot once again.

Thanks for reading,
John

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:44:06 +0000

@MoKelly1

The point was that they’d simply lacked faith that sooner or later — after 16 straight years of showing that game — Florida/Tennessee would someday become a big(gish) deal again. I’d have plunked down chips on Alabama/Arkansas, too… thus the bad luck line in the post above.

Thanks for reading,
John

By: Fayettechill14

Fayettechill14 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:37:22 +0000

Arkansas will probably put up a heck of a fight against Alabama. Hogs’ only bright spot has been run defense between the tackles, so Alabama will probably have to throw to pull away. We attacked ULM without a game plan on either side of the ball, and I doubt that happens again. It lacks the intrigue it would have had, but it could still be a great game. Besides, based on the last couple of years, how do we know that Florida and Tennessee won’t both go 7-5 or 6-6? So far they’ve each won two games they were supposed to win.

By: MoKelly1

MoKelly1 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:21:26 +0000

Well, if I was CBS and I had to decide before the season began which game to select, I sure would have picked Alabama-Arkansas above any other game that week. I can’t really fault CBS in this instance. I will most definitely still watch this game as I fully expect Arkansas to come out at home veery strong.

By: MiloMoon

MiloMoon — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:44:13 +0000

The Arkansas program is just snake bit right now. I feel sorry for them. I know we Vol Fans have paid our dues with Karma the past few years.